Re: Status of SSL encryption in ODBC driver

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: John McCawley <nospam(at)hardgeus(dot)com>
Cc: General PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Status of SSL encryption in ODBC driver
Date: 2006-12-11 21:23:10
Message-ID: 457DCC3E.8030502@postgresql.org
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John McCawley wrote:
> I did a few searches on the mailing list, and checked the documentation
> of psqlODBC, and I'm confused as to the current status of SSL support in
> psqlODBC. From the mailing list, it appears that the Open Source driver
> does not fully support SSL, and I would need to use the commercial ODBC
> driver from commandprompt if I needed SSL support.
>
> In the FAQ, I see an indication that encrypted passwords are supported,
> but encrypted data is not. But then there is a note "*Note:* As of
> version 08.01.002, psqlODBC now supports SSL encrypted connections."
>
> Does this mean that SSL encryption is now fully supported?

Yes, as well as Kerberos, and pgpass files (though the SSL option must
be set to something other than disabled for those to work).

Regards, Dave.

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